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Okpe is an Edoid language of Nigeria spoken by the Urhobo people.

Okpe
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Delta State
Ethnicity	Urhobo
Native speakers	25,000 (2000)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger yeai Edoid Southwestern Okpe
Language codes
ISO 639-3	oke – inclusive code Individual code: ids – Idesa
Glottolog	okpe1250

Phonology

The sound system is rather conservative, and nearly the same as that of Urhobo. The vowels system is the same, and somewhat reduced compared to proto-Edoid: there are seven vowels, /i e ɛ a ɔ o u/.[2] Of the consonants, only significant differences are the addition of /ɣʷ/ and of the distinction between l vs n and y vs ny: these alternate, depending on whether the following vowel is oral or nasal. /ɾ, ʋ, w/ also have nasal allophones before nasal vowels.

	Labial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labio-velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		l [n]	j [ɲ]
Plosive	p  b		t  d	c  ɟ	k  ɡ	k͡p  ɡ͡b
Fricative	ɸ	f  v	s  z	ɕ  ʑ	ɣ	ɣʷ	h
Trill			r
Flap			ɾ
Approximant		ʋ	l [n]	j [ɲ]		w

References

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